clearly obama won the debate. that doesn't mean he's going to necessarily win the election -- >> nobody is suggesting that. >> there's an important point people need to focus on. when obama lost the first debate, all of us on the left conceded he lost. then when obama won the debate clearly last night, the game that the republicans are playing is to pretend that romney did well, pass the bar, had a good night so they prevent that narrative from being written. and this is a game that republicans played in 2000 when karl rove suggested that george bush would win over 300 electoral votes. it's a game john mccain played in 2008 when he suggested he could come close in pennsylvania when he lost by ten points. this is a game that is intended to create the illusion of momentum that romney has, but as all the polling data is showing right now, obama is in the driver's seat. you move nevada into his column, there's six states left. obama only has to win one-third of those states and he's ahead in most of the states. obama